Nature examines the risks and benefits of unproven Ebola treatments, as World Health Organization says it is ethical to use them in West African crisis.
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12 August 2014
This story contains additions since it was first posted to incorporate reporting from a subsequent World Health Organization press conference.
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Check Hayden, E., Reardon, S. Should experimental drugs be used in the Ebola outbreak?. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.15698
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